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Volume XC, Number 19 University of Southern California Tuesday, March 3, 1981
Athletic proposal OK’d
Will extend pool, modify depths
By Diane Spaeter
Staff Writer
A proposal by the athletic department to extend the Olympic diving pool and modify the depth of both the swimming and diving pools for recreational use by students, was approved Monday by the University Center Committee. There was also discussion at the meeting as to where the intramural field will be relocated.
The proposed S30 million University Center will be constructed on what is now the intramural field, said Jim Dennis, director ofCampus Life. An alternative for the displaced field has not been found.
Phase l-A of the Center, the two Olympic competition pools, will begin in January of I982. Originally, both pools were to be built only to Olympic requirements for competition.
Now. the indoor sw imming competition pool w ill be built to standard length (50 meters by 25 yards), but the athletic department proposed increasing the six-foot regulation depth to 12-14 feet at one end so that it can be used for student competitive diving.
The department plans to raise the money for the modification. McDonald's, the stadium sponsor, will pay the rest.
The department also proposes that the outdoor Olympic diving pool be extended and a 3 Vi foot shallow end be added. The area used for the Olympic competition must be a standard 17 feet in depth.
The department wants a larger pool with a shallow area because the original pool "gives a very limited outdoor pool because it's 17 feet deep. That's not a recreation pool," Dennis said.
The extension for the pool would cost the university 5350,000, said Dennis: SI00.000 of which w ould be donated by the Olympics because it would eliminate the need to bring in u 50-meter portable w arm-up pool.
The extension of the pool is fine but the issue of the intramural field still remains. The University Center's four phase. 3-story facility has in reality, eliminated the field in its present location, said Student Senators Collette Benton, Bonnie Wong and Bill Baker.
The Student Senators are wondering where the new field w ill be. The problem seems to be, as Jim Dennis puts it. that "we've run out of space.”
Committee formed to aid in solving university-related Olympic problems
By Joe Grassi
Assistant City Editor
The USC Olympic Executive Committee has been formed to help organize the 1984 Olympics and to help work out problems related with the university's involvement with the Olympics.
Chaired by Anthony Lazzaro, USC Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee liaison and vice-president of Business Affairs: the committee is involved with the organization of the Olympic Village, interference of the Olympics with the university’s summer program, building the Olympic pool on the intramural field and security.
No additional building is planned here for the Olympics, other than the Olympic swimming pool built with funds granted by the McDonald's Corporation.
“Except for the one agreement on the pool with the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (LAOOC) no additional building agreements have been made and any other interests the Olympic Committee may have with the university are not in the discussion stages Lazzaro said.
Lazzaro said the Olympic swimming pool fits with original university plans which is why it is being built. The pool is just the first stage
Group asks grant recipients’ help
Program threatened, petitions to circulate
The Cal Grant Fund, a scholarship program that brought SI0-one-half million dollars into the university program last year and aided over 3.000 students in tuition payments, is in danger of losing funds, according to Michael Halloran, director of automated systems at financial aid.
I n an attempt to show state legislators the great need for the Cal Grant program, the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities is asking university Cal Grant recipients to sign petitions and letters of appreciation to the legislature, thanking them for the program and making them aware of its
scope. Halloran said.
The letters and petitions, which will be available today at Tommy Trojan, will be taken to Sacramento by an administrative contingent from the university and presented to the legislature on March 18, the annual Independent College Day.
“We want to indicate to the legislature more personally the scope of the program, and make them more hesitant to cut the budget," said Halloran.
“The letter will say something to the effect that the program gave the student the choice of going to an independent (private) school."
of the University Center: a three part S20 million project expected to take over 10 years to complete.
The pool, costing $3 million, will be covered after the Olympics by a three level recreation facility
'UCLA will be the site of another Olympic village.'
costing 55 million. The remainder of the construction is planned over the next several years.
The intramural field is the planned site for the pool. Some students expressed concern about the conservation of “green space," but
Lazzaro feels there will be enough room for intramural athletics along the stadium. This issue was under discussion Monday at the University Center Committee.
The committee decided to build the pool on the designated site and make some plans for an intramural field. Three student senators: Bill Baber, Collette Benton and Bonnie Wong are in favor of seeing an on campus intramural field large enough to play all sports but the question of where to find the space was a problem they agreed.
Lazzaro said an off-campus site might be considered after the entire University Center is completed but feels the room on the original
(Continued on page 7)
Transfer students, credit analyzed by committee
By Ketin Polk
Staff Writer
Are students who transfer into the university more or less academically qualified than their counterparts who enroll at the university as freshmen?
The University Admissions Committee discussed this and other questions related to transfer student credit evaluations Wednesday.
Members of the committee expressed concern that students who would not have been accepted to the university as freshmen might attend other universities with lower admissions requirements, then transfer to the university after earning acceptable grade point averages.
Between 1,600 and 2.300 transfer students, mostly juniors, arrive at the university each year, said Ronald Kimberling. associate
director of Admissions Operations.
The students, many of whom attend state colleges to save money before transfering to a “prestige transfer school" like this university. are chosen out of a pool of 4,-
000 to 5.000 applicants, Kimberling said.
“The number of transfer students who arrive on campus is basically half the size of the freshman class," said William Weber, chairman of the Admissions Committee. "That means that transfer students are very significant."
The number of transfer students proportionately to four year students might be even greater in light of President James H. Zumberge's report of a 20 percent attrition rate among students enrolled at the university each year. Weber said.
I f it is true that transfer students
(Continued on page 5)
Stafl photo by Todd A. Optican
Foreign alumni achieve high posts in 3rd World countries
By Darren Leon
Staff ritcr
The university's School of Public Administration has been responsible for placing leaders in foreign governments. Nations such as Sudan. Malaysia and Saudi Arabia have sent students who have already held administrative positions to the graduate school of Public Administration and they have returned to their home countries where they have been promoted to high positions in their government, said John Gerletti. director of the International Public Administration Center at the School of Public Administration.
The Minister of Interior and his Deputy Under-Secretary for the government of Sudan are both graduates from the School of Public Administration. The Secretary General of Ministry of Public Enterprises for Malaysia and the dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of the Philippines are also graduates. Gerletti said.
Most of the students that attend the school are from developing or Third World countries. The largest population of international students come from Sudan. Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. A growing number of students are coming from African nations such as Tanzania and Nigeria.
“Most of these new countries who were formally under the control of colonial powers and after World War II, when the colonial powers started to break up, new countries began to spring up almost daily. These countries did not have the basic administrative machinery to run their countries. And therefore, their biggest problems were a lack of qualified
(Continued on page 3)

trojan
Volume XC, Number 19 University of Southern California Tuesday, March 3, 1981
Athletic proposal OK’d
Will extend pool, modify depths
By Diane Spaeter
Staff Writer
A proposal by the athletic department to extend the Olympic diving pool and modify the depth of both the swimming and diving pools for recreational use by students, was approved Monday by the University Center Committee. There was also discussion at the meeting as to where the intramural field will be relocated.
The proposed S30 million University Center will be constructed on what is now the intramural field, said Jim Dennis, director ofCampus Life. An alternative for the displaced field has not been found.
Phase l-A of the Center, the two Olympic competition pools, will begin in January of I982. Originally, both pools were to be built only to Olympic requirements for competition.
Now. the indoor sw imming competition pool w ill be built to standard length (50 meters by 25 yards), but the athletic department proposed increasing the six-foot regulation depth to 12-14 feet at one end so that it can be used for student competitive diving.
The department plans to raise the money for the modification. McDonald's, the stadium sponsor, will pay the rest.
The department also proposes that the outdoor Olympic diving pool be extended and a 3 Vi foot shallow end be added. The area used for the Olympic competition must be a standard 17 feet in depth.
The department wants a larger pool with a shallow area because the original pool "gives a very limited outdoor pool because it's 17 feet deep. That's not a recreation pool," Dennis said.
The extension for the pool would cost the university 5350,000, said Dennis: SI00.000 of which w ould be donated by the Olympics because it would eliminate the need to bring in u 50-meter portable w arm-up pool.
The extension of the pool is fine but the issue of the intramural field still remains. The University Center's four phase. 3-story facility has in reality, eliminated the field in its present location, said Student Senators Collette Benton, Bonnie Wong and Bill Baker.
The Student Senators are wondering where the new field w ill be. The problem seems to be, as Jim Dennis puts it. that "we've run out of space.”
Committee formed to aid in solving university-related Olympic problems
By Joe Grassi
Assistant City Editor
The USC Olympic Executive Committee has been formed to help organize the 1984 Olympics and to help work out problems related with the university's involvement with the Olympics.
Chaired by Anthony Lazzaro, USC Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee liaison and vice-president of Business Affairs: the committee is involved with the organization of the Olympic Village, interference of the Olympics with the university’s summer program, building the Olympic pool on the intramural field and security.
No additional building is planned here for the Olympics, other than the Olympic swimming pool built with funds granted by the McDonald's Corporation.
“Except for the one agreement on the pool with the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee (LAOOC) no additional building agreements have been made and any other interests the Olympic Committee may have with the university are not in the discussion stages Lazzaro said.
Lazzaro said the Olympic swimming pool fits with original university plans which is why it is being built. The pool is just the first stage
Group asks grant recipients’ help
Program threatened, petitions to circulate
The Cal Grant Fund, a scholarship program that brought SI0-one-half million dollars into the university program last year and aided over 3.000 students in tuition payments, is in danger of losing funds, according to Michael Halloran, director of automated systems at financial aid.
I n an attempt to show state legislators the great need for the Cal Grant program, the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities is asking university Cal Grant recipients to sign petitions and letters of appreciation to the legislature, thanking them for the program and making them aware of its
scope. Halloran said.
The letters and petitions, which will be available today at Tommy Trojan, will be taken to Sacramento by an administrative contingent from the university and presented to the legislature on March 18, the annual Independent College Day.
“We want to indicate to the legislature more personally the scope of the program, and make them more hesitant to cut the budget," said Halloran.
“The letter will say something to the effect that the program gave the student the choice of going to an independent (private) school."
of the University Center: a three part S20 million project expected to take over 10 years to complete.
The pool, costing $3 million, will be covered after the Olympics by a three level recreation facility
'UCLA will be the site of another Olympic village.'
costing 55 million. The remainder of the construction is planned over the next several years.
The intramural field is the planned site for the pool. Some students expressed concern about the conservation of “green space," but
Lazzaro feels there will be enough room for intramural athletics along the stadium. This issue was under discussion Monday at the University Center Committee.
The committee decided to build the pool on the designated site and make some plans for an intramural field. Three student senators: Bill Baber, Collette Benton and Bonnie Wong are in favor of seeing an on campus intramural field large enough to play all sports but the question of where to find the space was a problem they agreed.
Lazzaro said an off-campus site might be considered after the entire University Center is completed but feels the room on the original
(Continued on page 7)
Transfer students, credit analyzed by committee
By Ketin Polk
Staff Writer
Are students who transfer into the university more or less academically qualified than their counterparts who enroll at the university as freshmen?
The University Admissions Committee discussed this and other questions related to transfer student credit evaluations Wednesday.
Members of the committee expressed concern that students who would not have been accepted to the university as freshmen might attend other universities with lower admissions requirements, then transfer to the university after earning acceptable grade point averages.
Between 1,600 and 2.300 transfer students, mostly juniors, arrive at the university each year, said Ronald Kimberling. associate
director of Admissions Operations.
The students, many of whom attend state colleges to save money before transfering to a “prestige transfer school" like this university. are chosen out of a pool of 4,-
000 to 5.000 applicants, Kimberling said.
“The number of transfer students who arrive on campus is basically half the size of the freshman class," said William Weber, chairman of the Admissions Committee. "That means that transfer students are very significant."
The number of transfer students proportionately to four year students might be even greater in light of President James H. Zumberge's report of a 20 percent attrition rate among students enrolled at the university each year. Weber said.
I f it is true that transfer students
(Continued on page 5)
Stafl photo by Todd A. Optican
Foreign alumni achieve high posts in 3rd World countries
By Darren Leon
Staff ritcr
The university's School of Public Administration has been responsible for placing leaders in foreign governments. Nations such as Sudan. Malaysia and Saudi Arabia have sent students who have already held administrative positions to the graduate school of Public Administration and they have returned to their home countries where they have been promoted to high positions in their government, said John Gerletti. director of the International Public Administration Center at the School of Public Administration.
The Minister of Interior and his Deputy Under-Secretary for the government of Sudan are both graduates from the School of Public Administration. The Secretary General of Ministry of Public Enterprises for Malaysia and the dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of the Philippines are also graduates. Gerletti said.
Most of the students that attend the school are from developing or Third World countries. The largest population of international students come from Sudan. Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. A growing number of students are coming from African nations such as Tanzania and Nigeria.
“Most of these new countries who were formally under the control of colonial powers and after World War II, when the colonial powers started to break up, new countries began to spring up almost daily. These countries did not have the basic administrative machinery to run their countries. And therefore, their biggest problems were a lack of qualified
(Continued on page 3)